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Recognised as Colour

#2E9485

  • #2E9485
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#2E9485 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 148, 133 and HSL 171°, 53%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#2E9485#2E9485
HEX#2E9485
RGBrgb(46, 148, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.5804, 0.5216
RGB percentages18%, 58%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(171.2, 52.6%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.2, 68.9%, 58%)
CMYK68.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,052,677
CSS custom property--colour: #2E9485;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.69:1
Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#D16B7A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D8B84no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F8186no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#00978Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 9.3Teal · ΔE 11.4Light seagreen · ΔE 12.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15.6Sea green · ΔE 22.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 9.3, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#942E3D
Analogous#2E9452, #2E7094
Triadic#852E94, #94852E
Split complementary#942E70, #94522E
Tetradic#522E94, #942E3D, #70942E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AAE4DC
Lighter +30%#83D8CC
Lighter +20%#5CCCBC
Lighter +10%#3ABBA8
Darker −10%#226D62
Darker −20%#16463F
Darker −30%#0A1F1C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#16AC96
Less saturated −25%#467C74

Channel breakdown

R46
G148
B133
Red46 (18%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue171.18°
Saturation (HSL)52.58%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 94 · B 85

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